Soldiers heart

Main Characters

• There is only one main character named Charley who is fifteen but he already looks eighteen with a muscular build. He joins the war to get money for his widowed mother and brother, Orren, and to prove that he is a man.

Introduction

• When Charley enlisted he was transferred to Fort Snelling. Charley was bored of military life then his regiment had to travel.

Rising Action

• Charley then part takes in his first battle, The Battle of Bull Run. During this battle he sees his friend killed by a cannon and watches as his comrades die. During the battle he started to feel like an animal in his rage he killed the enemy soldiers.

Conflict

• In the third battle Charley engages in a bayonet fight. Afterwards believing he was hit went to the surgeons tent to find that the blood all over him wasn't his.

Climax

• In the third battle Charley engages in a bayonet fight. Afterwards believing he was hit went to the surgeons tent to find that the blood all over him wasn't his.

Falling Action

• Charley is hit during The Battle of Gettsburg he is then sent home

Resolution

• When he is sent home he lives his life as a normal person with a soldiers heart and memory's

Theme

• The major them in "Soldiers Heart" is the honor of war and how it changes a person.

Culture

• At that time it seemed manly to go off to war and fight for ones who need it.

American dream

• The American dream of this story is the freedom of all races and peace.

Conflict of the story

• The conflict is when Charley watches his friends die and as he changes himself though the acts of war.